F10 Preview release announcement

[Paul W. Frields]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 08:21:30PM -0400, Adam D. Ligas wrote:
> OK - I didn't see any responses to this.  I opted to go for funny and a
> food theme.  Funny because I like humor, and food because I'm actually
> quite hungry at the moment :).
> 
> If this doesn't fit the tone of what we are looking for I have no
> problem throwing it out.  I was really writing this more as an exercise
> to try to write something like this.
> 
> That said, feel free to hack it up and make it look like someone who
> knew what they were doing wrote it :).  I couldn't find a link to the
> release notes in the wiki, so that would certainly need to be added.

Not bad!  Some comments inline.

> --- Fedora Preview Release Announcement Start ---
> 
> Do you smell that?  I think its almost done!

We might want to go easy on the "smell" imagery unless we use gentler
words like "aroma" or "fragrance."  But those sound a little goofy
too...

> The Fedora Project is proud to announce the availability of the Fedora
> 10 Preview Release.  The Fedora 10 Preview Release is our last
> pre-release offering before we let everyone taste the goods for real.
> 
> Doesn't it smell yummy?  We know you can't resist, and we don't want you
> to!  We want everyone in the Fedora community to take an early sample
> and tell us what you find.  We think the recipe is pretty good, but now
> is the time to make it perfect.
> 
> And, since this is Fedora, we don't have anything to hide.  You can take
> a peek at what is in the secret sauce by looking at our Release Notes in
> the Fedora Project wiki.  We use 100% pure FOSS here, none of that high
> fructose proprietary stuff.

Beautifully done! :-)

> We expect that many of you will get nothing but a tasty treat, but some
> of you might experience something a little more bitter.  Don't fret -
> all is not lost!  There is still time to improve the recipe before we
> share it with the world.  Just head on over to the Fedora Bugzilla
> (http://bugzilla.redhat.com) and let us know what offended your palate.
> 
> If you'd like, you can even interact with the chefs more directly.  You
> can join the live staff in the kitchen by coming to #fedora-qa on
> irc.freenode.net, or you can leave a message for the staff by sending an
> email to the fedora-test-list.
> 
> Ready to get your free preview sample?  Go ahead and swipe one straight
> from the oven - we don't mind.  Put on your favorite heat resistant
> BitTorrent mitt and grab one of the following goodies.  Take as many or
> as few as you like.
> 
> Thanks for tasting!

I think overall this is just fantastic, Adam -- nice job!  Anyone want
to take an editorial swipe?

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